Thirty students file into the gym of Montgomery County's largest elementary school. Each grabs a pedometer, and, to the strains of "Cotton-Eye Joe," starts to jump and stretch, twist and balance, roll ...

There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in UK schools during the last academic year compared to 15 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Some kids can now put on their dancing shoes and sing their hearts out instead of playing sports. School districts in Ohio can now allow show choir to qualify as "physical education" ...

Nick Senske is a physically fit seventh grader at Mandarin Middle School who holds a brown belt in karate despite having asthma. One day in January he had a trouble while running in PE class. He ...

ST. LOUIS — Parking lots became fishing ponds and school gyms turned into roller rinks and bike tracks as physical education teachers got creative in local schools this spring. “I think it’s pretty ...

Marlaine Black scoffed when her son broached the topic: "Virtual physical education." How could that be a real thing? "To me it was comical," said Black, a Mount Pleasant resident. But by the time her ...

The next time you watch your kid's gym class, you may not see students doing laps and playing dodgeball. Try juggling and geocaching instead. As the state moves to teach fitness and nutrition to a new ...